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Christopher De Venecia

Christopher De Venecia is a student in the 2025-26 cohort of UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)'s Master of Public Administration (MPA).

Toff is a creative economy advocate, theater-maker, policymaker, and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives. He considers the advocacy-driven theater he creates with his theater company The Sandbox Collective as an extension of his policy work, and his policy work impacting Filipino arts and culture as inspired by his experiences and worldview as a creative. He is a believer in fostering creative cities, in leveraging creative economy for grassroots development and nation-building, and envisions the Philippines becoming the #1 creative hub in the whole ASEAN by the year 2030. His mantra: #TheFutureIsCreative.

Nationality: Filipino

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